Ships are often portrayed in Bronze Age imagery,
particularly on seals and signet rings. These examples are from Crete
and show what a typical Bronze Age ship may have looked like.

Two Bronze Age shipwrecks located off the south coast of Turkey (north
west of Cyprus) contained oxhide ingots, among other items, in their
cargos. The Cape Gelidonya shipwreck
has been dated to c. late 13th century BC, based on the ceramic analysis
of pottery finds. Besides oxhide ingots, the cargo included tin, wine,
ivory, spices, gold, faience, cloth and large quantities of scrap bronze,
which may indicate the presence of travelling metal workers. Lead isotope
analysis revealed that the ingots on board were composed of Cypriot
copper. The Ulu Burun shipwreck, dated
slightly earlier (c. late 14th century BC), had a cargo consisting of
raw materials and luxury goods that are thought to have been part of
a process of gift-giving between Bronze Age leaders. The cargo of the
Ulu Burun shipwreck demonstrates the cultural exchange that was taking
place in the Late Bronze age, with goods from the Greek, Central Mediterranean,
Black Sea, Canaanite, Cypriot, Egyptian, Kassite, Assyrian and Nubian
regions.